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This section contains news about sustainability reporting developments
in — or relevant to — Latin America and Spain.
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LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS
Natura wins award for best Sustainability Report in Brazil
From PremioBalançoSocial.org.br (5 Sept. 05)
Summary: The 2005 ceremony took place at Bovespa (Sao Paulo’s
Stock Exchange) in September 2005. Natura won the award for best
national report. CPFL won the award for best report in Sao Paulo.
A list of winning companies is available at http://www.premiobalancosocial.org.br/vencedores-2005.asp.
Twenty-two companies selected at finalists for Brazilian
Reporting Award
From PremioBalançoSocial.org.br (31 August 05)
http://www.premiobalancosocial.org.br/noticia11.asp
Summary: The organizers of the Premio Balanço Social
2005 (a non-financial reporting award in Brazil) - Aberje, Apimec,
Ethos, Fides, Ibase - announced the names of the 22 companies that
made it to the final round.
Gerdau AZA publica su primer informe de Responsabilidad
Empresarial
From Accion RSE (based on Press release from Gerdau Aza) (23 Aug.
05)
http://www.accionrse.cl/home/news_boletin.html
Summary: Gerdau Aza worked for a year on the publication
of its first sustainability report and the company used the Guidelines
from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The report is available
at http://www.gerdauaza.cl.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS
Transatlantic Trends in Reporting
From UK-based consultancy Context (12 Oct. 05)
http://www.econtext.co.uk
Summary: According to the report, despite apparent enthusiasm for partnership and engagement, very few companies on either side of the Atlantic provide space in their Corporate Responsibility reports for stakeholder voices.
Why mandatory reporting has fallen from the EU agenda
From Ethical Corporation (19 Aug. 05)
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content_print.asp?ContentID=3833
(* Registration required)
Summary: According to European commissioner Vladimir Spidla,
the issue of mandatory reporting will not appear in the next EU
communication on corporate social responsibility. The article explores
whether the pullback on mandatory disclosure in the agenda of the
European Union is symptomatic of a wider reform agenda.
Gap and Nike Engage Stakeholders For Assurance Statements
on Sustainability Reports
From CSR Wire (14 July 05)
http://www.csrwire.com/sfarticle.cgi?id=1755
Summary: Sustainability reports, whose credibility is
enhanced by such stakeholder engagement and assurance statements,
are gaining in significance, as KLD indexes add Nike due in part
to its report.
New non-financial reporting guide for Directors
From Business in the Community (05 July 05)
http://www.bitc.org.uk/news/news_directory/reporting_2.html
Summary: A new guide (A Director’s Guide to Corporate
Responsibility Reporting) for companies to help them improve
their corporate responsibility reporting was published by Business
in the Community. It draws on best practice and the experience
of a number of Business in the Community’s member
firms. It is designed to guide directors through five questions
facing decision makers as they develop a reporting strategy that
is appropriate to their business. Use the link above to download
the guide.
KPMG Finds More Than Half of Fortune 250s Issuing Standalone
Sustainability Reports
From CSR wire (22 June 05)
http://www.csrwire.com/sfarticle.cgi?id=1742
Summary: A surveying by KPMG shows that more than half
of the the top 250 companies in the Fortune 500 produce sustainability
reports, the percentage rises to almost two thirds when considering
annual financial reports that address sustainability issues.
Corporate reporting - Global reporting evolves
From Ethical Corporation (13 Sept. 05)
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content_print.asp?ContentID=3883
(* registration required)
Summary: The 3rd Generation Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
(G3) are the latest planned installments of the Global Reporting
Initiative’s drive to tackle three core challenges: improvements
in the guidelines; digital development; and education programs to
help move the organization towards sustainability and financial
independence.
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